Where does “villakuitu” come from?

villakuitu (Finnish) comes from Finnish villa, from Finnish Vilhelm, from Swedish Vilhelm, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm, from Proto-Germanic helmaz, from Proto-Germanic halmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.

villakuitu (Finnish): wool fiber

Definitions

  1. wool fiber

Ancestry of “villakuitu”, step by step

villakuitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish villa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvillawool; villa
2FinnishVilhelmWilliam of foreign historical persons
3SwedishVilhelm—
4Old High GermanWillahelmWilliam
5Old High Germanhelmhelmet
6Proto-West Germanichelmhelmet
7Proto-Germanichelmazhelmet
8Proto-Germanichalmazhalm; stem; stalk; straw; hay
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱolh₂mosstalk
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₂-to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab

via Finnish kuitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuitufiber, fibre; filament; Short for ravintokuitu
2Proto-Finnickuitu(flax) fibre/fiber
3Proto-Finno-Permickujčɜ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱolh₂mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic halmaz →